
Willie Colón
Voso lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:27
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Eh voso, e voso
Eh voso, eh voso
Eh voso, e voso
Eh voso, eh voso
Sí es que, yo me visto y la invito a bailar
If I get dressed and invite her to dance
Y me dice que esta cansa' pue'voso
And she tells me she's tired, pue' voso
Sí es que, yo llamo a su casa y no está
If I call her house and she’s not there
Que salió con una amistad pue'voso, eh voso
She went out with a friend, pue' voso, eh voso
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Sí Amalia no quiere ir, eh voso
Yes, Amalia doesn't want to go, eh voso
Eh voso, e voso
Eh voso, eh voso
Eh voso, e voso
Eh voso, eh voso
(Eh voso) ¡oye mamita!
(Eh voso) Hey, mommy!
(Eh voso) vamo'a baila'
(Eh voso) let's dance
(Eh voso) sí yo la invito
(Eh voso) yes, I invite her
(Eh voso) me dice que no va
(Eh voso) she says she's not going
(Eh voso) Amalia Batista (voso)
(Eh voso) Amalia Batista (voso)
Pero que Amalia Bayombe
But oh, Amalia Bayombe
(Eh voso) ¿Qué e'lo que tiene esa negra? (voso)
(Eh voso) What's with that girl? (voso)
Que amarra a los hombres
That ties down the men
(Eh voso) Amalia
(Eh voso) Amalia
(Eh voso) a mi no me amarra
(Eh voso) she won't tie me down
(Eh voso) y yo me voy sólo
(Eh voso) and I'm going alone
(Eh voso) para cumbanchar
(Eh voso) to cumbanchar
(Eh voso) me voy pa'la rumba (voso)
(Eh voso) I'm off to the party (voso)
Oye que hay en el solar
Hey, what’s in the yard?
(Eh voso) y te dejo sola (voso)
(Eh voso) and I leave you alone (voso)
Sola te dejare
Alone I'll leave you
(Eh voso) y yo me iré
(Eh voso) and I'll go
(Eh voso) a gozar el bembe
(Eh voso) to enjoy the bembe
(Eh voso) Amalia, Amalia (Eh voso) Amalia, Amalia
(Eh voso) Amalia, Amalia (Eh voso) Amalia, Amalia
(Eh voso) eh voso
(Eh voso) eh voso
(Eh voso) y me voy solito
(Eh voso) and I'm going solo
(Eh voso) a la rumba buena
(Eh voso) to the good party
(Eh voso) que no te llevo mi morena
(Eh voso) I'm not taking you, my beautiful one
(Eh voso) pero que voso que voso (voso)
(Eh voso) but oh, voso, voso (voso)
Ay mira como gozo
Oh look how I'm enjoying
(Eh voso) cosita rica (voso)
(Eh voso) tasty thing (voso)
Pero que bueno está
But how good it is
(Eh voso) a la rumba
(Eh voso) to the party
(Eh voso) no te vo'a llevar
(Eh voso) I'm not taking you
(Eh voso) no te me vistas
(Eh voso) don't get dressed for me
(Eh voso) porque no vas
(Eh voso) because you’re not going
(Eh voso) pero que voso voso (voso)
(Eh voso) but oh, voso, voso (voso)
Anoche te invite
Last night I invited you
(Eh voso) a la esteragüa de pozo (voso)
(Eh voso) to the well's estragüa (voso)
Y no quisiste ir
And you didn't want to go
(Eh voso) y me puse a gozar
(Eh voso) and I started to enjoy
(Eh voso) eh solito
(Eh voso) eh all alone
(Eh voso) sólo solito
(Eh voso) all by myself
(Eh voso) ¡vaya va!
(Eh voso) off I go!
Key vocabulary
- vamo'a
- come on
- quisiste
- you wanted
- sola
- aloneB2
- solito
- alone
- baila
- dances
- bailar
- danceA1
- bembe
- drunk
- buena
- goodA2
- vistas
- viewsA2
About this song
Salsa trombonist and bandleader from the Bronx. A core artist of the 1970s Fania era.